The Ottawa Senators have spent the entire offseason searching for scoring help, and as training camp nears, a few names remain on their radar. Per The Hockey News , with Ottawa still looking to add a pure sniper, Brock Boeser of the Vancouver Canucks, Pavel Zacha of the Boston Bruins, and Kirill Marchenko of the Columbus Blue Jackets are the forwards who could fit the bill.
GM Steve Staios has openly acknowledged the need, saying the Senators finished eighth in goals last season but lack a t...
Two Vancouver Canucks first-round picks will be among the players competing to earn a place on Canada’s next World Junior squad. Hockey Canada named Caleb Malhotra and Braeden Cootes to its National Junior Team Summer Showcase roster on Friday afternoon. The event runs from July 26th to August 1st at the WFCU Centre in Windsor,…
The Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks should have different goals this season. The Canucks should be preparing to play their young guys and have a rough season as they continue…
Vancouver Canucks Assistant General Manager Cammi Granato has a new title. On Friday morning, the club announced that Granato is taking on a new role ahead of the 2026-27 season. Granato, who has served as an AGM for the Canucks since February 2022 when Jim Rutherford initially hired her, is sticking around under the…
It’s yet another instalment of the CanucksArmy collective top 20 Vancouver Canucks summer prospect rankings. Today, at number 12, we bring a massive Swedish winger who just finished his first season of pro hockey in Abbotsford. Vilmer Alriksson Team: Abbotsford Canucks | Age: 21 | Position: LW | Height: 6’6” | Weight: 234 lbs |…
There is something interesting happening with the Vancouver Canucks right now. The team is in that difficult stage where it starts moving away from what it had and building toward…
Alright, the cynics among you might be wondering if this is a trick question, and some of you may be seeking a third option. But that’s not how this works. While light years from a perfect depth chart, the Vancouver Canucks will still line up on opening night with four left wingers and four right…
All eyes will be on Vancouver Canucks defenceman Zeev Buium entering the 2026-27 season. It makes sense why, as he was the crown jewel of the Quinn Hughes blockbuster trade.…
The Vancouver Canucks ' rebuild has a dollar figure attached to it. Per Patrick Johnston of The Province , league sources told Postmedia that Canucks ownership has said it would like to reduce player payroll by up to $20 million compared to last season.
Vancouver is already more than halfway there.
Johnston noted the team is down roughly $12 million from where it finished last season, thanks to salary drops on existing contracts like Jake DeBrusk and Filip Hronek along with the departures ...
It's not secret the Vancouver Canucks are open to moving Elias Pettersson, but it turns out, the Swedish center hasn't been interested with the options presented to him so far this summer. Pettersson owns a full no-movement clause, and has full control over his own destiny.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the teams who have made a trade offer for Pettersson this summer, but again, he wasn't interested in waiving his no-movement clause. Josh Yohe: Everything I’ve heard suggests that Elias P...
We’ve reached number 13 in the CanucksArmy collective top 20 Vancouver Canucks summer prospect rankings. Today’s prospect has been difficult to get a read on since being selected by the Vancouver Canucks. Kieren Dervin Team: Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) | Age: 19 | Position: C | Height: 6’1” | Weight: 183 lbs | Shoots: Left…
Welcome back to WDYTT, the only hockey column on the internet where everything’s made up, and the points don’t matter. Speaking of points, we’ve reached a very interesting point in Vancouver Canucks history. We sit within the opening stages of a rebuild, as the Canucks have begun to collect prospect, picks, and young NHLers with…
When Quinn Hughes skates onto the ice at Rogers Arena wearing a Minnesota Wild jersey for the first time, there will be plenty of emotions. Some fans will cheer. Some…
Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! Patrick Kane is going back to where it all began. Early Thursday morning, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that they have signed winger Patrick Kane to a two-year…
The Vancouver Canucks traded away the defenceman who played more shorthanded minutes than anyone else on its roster and replaced him with one of the largest players in the NHL. The rebuilding Canucks saw an opportunity to add to their pool of future assets and took it, dealing Pettersson to the New York Rangers in…
The Vancouver Canucks kicked off their rebuild in earnest by making Caleb Malhotra the third overall selection in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. It was an exciting pick for a number of reasons, not the least of which were Malhotra’s significant local ties. Malhotra was born in Victoria, spent time around the Canucks with his…
We’re back for another edition of the CanucksArmy collective top 20 Vancouver Canucks summer prospect rankings. Today, we bring you a heavy-framed playmaker who was recently taken as a re-draft entry at the 2026 NHL Draft. Yaroslav Bryzgalov Team: Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | Age: 19 | Position: Forward | Height: 6’4″ | Weight: 220…
On Jan. 31, 2025, the Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers made one of the bigger trades of the 2024-25 season. After a lot of drama in Vancouver between J.T.…
After four seasons in the Vancouver Canucks organization, Swedish centre Nils Åman is heading home to resume his hockey career. The unrestricted free agent, who was not offered a new contract by the Canucks, has signed with Djurgården IF of the Swedish Hockey League. According to on-line reports, it’s a three-year contract. ✍️ Nils Åman…
The Pittsburgh Penguins have already made one intriguing addition this offseason by signing Andrei Kuzmenko to a one-year contract. Now, another familiar face from Kuzmenko’s past may unexpectedly be entering…
Former Canucks sleep doctor Pat Byrne joined Sekeres and Price to discuss Vancouver’s 2026-27 schedule and the challenges it presents from a sleep and travel perspective, while also weighing in on concerns surrounding young players staying up late playing video games. Byrne said some of the criticism directed toward younger players doesn’t account for how…
Plotting where each NHL franchise sits on its championship contention timeline.
There was a time, not that long ago, when the Vancouver Canucks appeared to have some of the best centre ice depth in the National Hockey League. With Elias Pettersson emerging as a star, JT Miller coming into his own as a high-level producer and Bo Horvat delivering a well-rounded, consistent effort on a nightly…
We’re back for another edition of the CanucksArmy collective top 20 Vancouver Canucks summer prospect rankings. Today, we have a skilled late-round pick that has been looking promising since the Vancouver Canucks drafted him. Anthony Romani Team: Michigan State University | Age: 21 | Position: RW | Height: 6’1” | Weight: 195 lbs | Shoots:…
But sometimes the biggest change a team can make isn’t adding someone new. Sometimes it’s simply getting the players they already have back on the ice. Imagine what might happen…